WINDSOR, COLO. — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 7.5-acre parcel in Windsor. The city has already approved plans for a 78,550-square-foot storage facility on the site. A local land developer sold the asset to a local investment group for an undisclosed price. The purchase includes a fully entitled, light industrial-zoned site at 340 Crossroads Blvd. with plans for an enclosed single-story self-storage facility. Thomas Parsons and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
Industrial
FULLERTON, CALIF. — Mullen Automotive, an electronic vehicle manufacturer, has signed a lease to occupy a 121,615-square-foot industrial building at 1500 E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton, from landlord Link Industrial. Situated on 5.4 acres, the industrial facility features 6,234 square feet of office space, 32-foot clear heights in the warehouse space, 17 dock-high doors and two grade-level doors, as well as a large, secured, fenced yard. Ben Seybold and Sean Ward of CBRE represented the landlord in the lease negotiations.
OLATHE, KAN. — Hunt Midwest is building its sixth and largest StorTropolis self-storage facility in Olathe, a southwest suburb of Kansas City. The project is located at 601 N. Millridge St. next to Walmart and Aldi stores. The development will total 112,987 leasable square feet across 867 climate-controlled units with a variety of sizes. Completion is slated for September 2024. With this sixth location, StorTropolis will offer more than 4,000 self-storage units in Clay County, Platte County, Blue Springs, Shawnee, Lenexa and Olathe. Hunt Midwest partnered with Strickland Construction and Storage Asset Management to build and operate the facility in Olathe. Both partners also built and operate the existing StorTropolis locations across the metro area.
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — Colliers has secured a 118,258-square-foot industrial lease at Cravens Logistics Center, a 249,370-square-foot development located in the southwestern Houston suburb of Missouri City. The newly built facility sits on 17.6 acres and features 36-foot clear heights, 180-foot truck court depths and 49 trailer parking spaces. John Nicholson of Colliers represented the landlord, Johnson Development, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was medical supplies provider Optimal & Medpro.
MIG Real Estate Buys Six-Building Mission Viejo Business Center in Orange County, California
by Amy Works
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — MIG Real Estate has acquired Mission Viejo Business Center, a multi-tenant industrial park located at 23811-23891 Via Fabricante in Mission Viejo. A global investment advisor sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on 7.65 acres, the six-building property offers 100,295 square feet of industrial, distribution and warehouse space. At the time of sale, the park was 99 percent leased. The property was originally constructed in 1975. The buildings offer a variety of bay sizes, 10- to 16-foot clear heights, grade- and dock-high loading doors and concrete truck courts. Jeff Chiate, Bryce Aberg, Jeffrey Cole, Rick Ellison, Mike Adey and Zach Harman of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group in Southern California represented the seller in the deal.
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Lee & Associates: Slowing Absorption, Rent Growth Put Brakes on New Development for Most Real Estate Types, Though Retail Sector Shines
Slower absorption and rent growth plagued industrial, office and multifamily asset classes across the United States in the third quarter, as outlined in Lee & Associates’ 2023 Q3 North America Market Report. Some regional exceptions were able to buck the overdevelopment trend, but retail was the only property type to avoid the quarter’s shift toward rising vacancy rates. High interest rates, slower rent growth and fear of overbuilding have contributed to lower construction starts in every sector. The full Lee & Associates report is available — including breakdowns of factors like detailed vacancy rates, inventory square footage, cap rates outlined city by city, market rents and more — here. The analysis below provides an overview of industrial, office, retail and multifamily real estate sectors alongside sector trends, economic background as well as geographic exceptions within each property type. Industrial Overview: Absorption Continues Slowing, Inventories to Spike Demand for industrial space remained positive in the United States in the third quarter, but growth this year has lost steam compared to strong net absorption totals of the last two years. U.S. net growth in the third quarter totaled 29.9 million square feet compared to 94 million square feet for the same period last year. …
TEMPLE, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has arranged the sale of a 257-unit facility in Temple, about 70 miles north of Austin. The facility spans 81,840 net rentable square feet and is located at the intersection of State Highway 36 and Moffat Road. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 19,791-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 5145 Norwood Road was built in 1981, totals 43,040 square feet and features 22-foot clear heights, three drive-in bays and 156-foot truck court depths. Ally Tanghongs of Lee & Associates represented the Tenant, Xpress Foods, in the lease negotiations. Stephen Williamson and Matthew Johnson, also with Lee & Associates, represented the landlord, Stonelake Capital Partners.
WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 60,435-square-foot, full-building industrial lease at 135 High Hill Road in Woolwich Township, located outside of Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. The newly constructed building features a clear height of 32 feet and 49 car parking spaces. John Gartland, Jonas Skovdal and Chris Butera of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, a partnership between regional developer Endurance Real Estate Group and Boston-based Cabot Properties, in the lease negotiations. Harry McKenna of Jackson Cross Partners represented the tenant, Valken Inc., a supplier of paintball, airsoft and defense protection products.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered the sale of the San Bernardino Industrial Center, an incubator project in the Inland Empire region of California. A partnership between Birtcher Anderson & Davis and Belay Investment sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $9.2 million. Located at 360-458 E. Rialto Ave., the nine-building property features 52,642 square feet of industrial space with nine- to 12-foot clear heights and 56 ground-level loading doors. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent occupied by 41 tenants. Sammy Cemo, Anthony DeLorenzo, Bryan Johnson, Nick Williams and Austin Reuland of CBRE’s Investment Properties, alongside CBRE’s Barbara Perrier and Eric Cox, represented the seller in the deal.